Category: Super Heroes

Anthony Davis will sit out this weekend’s NBA All-Star Game in New York thanks to a bum shoulder, meaning Dirk Nowitzki will make his 13th ASG appearance. Dirk is just the 12th player in NBA history to play in that many. And it’s not just a lifetime achievement award. He is having a solid season, averaging more than 18 points and still doing all sorts of Dirk things. So, congratulatI SEE YOU, BIG GERMAN.

It happened last night during the Mavs’ awesome comeback over the Sacramento Kings — who, P.S., have not beaten the Mavs in Dallas since 2003. He passed Hakeem Olajuwon, and it probably would have been more fitting if it had come off one of his patented, one-legged, lean-back jumpers, but a midrange shot is probably just as good. Dirk will more than likely finish just behind Shaquille O’Neal on the scoring list this season. If he plays through his entire three-year contract somewhere near this level, he has an outside shot — no pun intended — to finish his career ahead of Wilt Chamberlain as the No. 5 scorer of all-time. That is amazing. I SEE YOU, BIG GERMAN.

Nowitzki integrates volume, efficiency, and ubiquity better than anyone right now. Moreover, he is hardly ever wide open when he shoots, with many of his attempts including a massive defender draped all over him. His quintessential move involves creating just a hair of separation from a defending forward like Ibaka and launching that fadeaway that never seems to miss. It’s unfair.

You know I — the man who popularized I SEE YOU, BIG GERMAN — am not going to disagree. That said, it’s pretty crazy, and strangely beautiful, seeing it all put together in a shot chart.

You should watch this video of Kacy Catanzaro at the Dallas Finals of American Ninja Warrior because 1) some of what she does borders on the impossible, especially toward the end, and 2) the crowd reaction from watching her do things that border on the impossible is positively orgasmic. What up, Tim Brown?

When Dirk Nowitzki agreed — no surprise — to re-sign with the Mavericks, the terms were pegged at three years, $30 million. The “hometown discount,” they call it. Considering that the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers were willing to make him a max offer (which would have been somewhere north of $20 million a year), that was a HUGE bargain. Today, Nowitzki officially signed his contract and the deal is even better: three years, $25 million. He lopped off another $5 million to help facilitate Chandler Parsons’ new deal. He’s the fourth-highest-paid player on the team. The fourth. Do I even have to say it? Okay, why not: I SEE YOU, BIG GERMAN.

In May 2011, Scott Griggs unseated Dave Neumann for the District 3 slot on the Dallas City Council. Today, Dave Neumann left a downtown event, hopped into a car on Lamar Street, pulled a quick U-turn, and headed off.

Team Canada didn’t want Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn this summer, leaving him off the squad it took to orientation camp in Calgary. And, I know I’m oversimplifying here, that’s why Benn ended up as one of the heroes of the team’s run to a gold medal in Sochi. The snub prompted him to dig in and earn his way onto the team — force his way, really — with 24 points in the first 24 games of the season; he was added to the team in January. It was a strange decision to leave him off Team Canada to begin with, since he’s one of the brightest young talents in the NHL. But that only makes it a better plot point when they finish the super-polite, made-for-CBC movie about these guys.

“Friends, these ‘illegals’ are people. They are human beings who love their little ones just as much as you and I love our little ones. They want a better life for their families and they want their children to have a better life than they have had.”

Superhero aficionados have long seen Professor Charles Xavier and Magneto as metaphors for Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, respectively. But now the Marvel Comics characters are being associated with another 1960s icon cut down in his prime. 20th Century Fox is marketing its latest mutant movie, X-Men: Days of Future Past, with a […]

For years, the Dallas Comic Con has been held in the suburbs, including Plano, Richardson, and Irving. But the next edition will happen in Dallas: BIG news time! We're moving our May 2014 show to the Dallas Convention Center for our biggest show yet! @DallasCCenter — Dallas Comic Con (@dallascomiccon) November 6, 2013 I love […]

Scott Goldstein has a profile of David Williams in today’s Morning News. He made news a few months back when he chastised council members for getting up and walking around while he was speaking. And yes, as it turns out, David Williams — who, again, is 12 — addresses the Dallas City Council regularly. And […]

When I was a kid growing up in Lakewood, the closest comic book store to my house was Lone Star Comics in Mesquite. I would beg my mom to drive me there every Saturday, and she would more often than not, God bless her. When I got my license, the first place I drove without […]